BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9511, 5 September 1891, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGEAPH.-COPTRIOHT, ] [Special to Press Association.] [Received Sept. 4, at 10.30 a.m.] RELEASING- PRISONERS. WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. It is reported that a district Governor, in Nicaragua, and six of his men, were killed, in. frustrating an attempt to release some prisoners. CRICKET. LON DON, Sept. 3. The match between. North and South, owing principally to the howling of Lehmann, ended in the defeat of the North by the narrow margin of six runs. Murdoch, Ferris and S. M. J. "Woods played for the South. [Received Sept. 4, at 5.30 p.m.J PAYMENT IN FULL. LONDON, Sept. 3. F. P. Slavin, the Australian pugilist, who was recently declared a bankrupt, has paid his creditors in full, with 4 per cent interest, and an application to have the bankruptcy annulled has been granted, A MAINTENANCE CASE. In the City Court to-day, Patrick J. Foley, M.P. for Connemara, was summoned by the Wandsworth Guardians for refusing to pay for the support his of wife, who is in the workhouse. The case was adjourned. TRAIN ROBBERS. NEW YORK, Sept. 3. Highwaymen boarded a train in Samuel, Texas, and having exploded a dynamite cartridge in the train, plundered the carnages during the excitement. The robbers escaped in the direction of Mexico. The amount of their plunder is not known.